Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-26
STRANGE CHARACTERS.
Man Tells of Parasites, Old ana Young
HumiliatinR hat 1t should be Thus.

gentleman who has.long been identified
with Wichita and saw it grow from small
town to its present size was heard speaking
about certain phenomena yesterday which
are not thought to reflect credit on some
parties, who it is adjudged are worthy OF
mucb better deeds. s. II have been
estonished few = times in this
CITY" the gentleman said, "but never
have been so thoroughly disguised as | am
to-day. You know this city is now pulling
hard for a certain enterprise which we con-
slider of more importance than any manufac-
turing scheme that ever entered the state.
Inst now it is especially necessary that every
man who has drop Ct loyal blood for
Wichita in his veins to show the
same in way that will count
in the little N al hematical process generally
known as addition. The people are being
called upon and all the merits and advan.
tages in detail explained and put in their
proper light The efforts are rewarded with
various degrees of success. In fact l am
ashamed to say that in too many instances
the term success Is not the proper one to be
annlied No one would think of such from
any man who came to Wichita but a few
moons ago and now can count his hundred
thousand dollars, and made it all, remember,
in Wichita. Just think OF it A man worth
that amount or even half that, throw back
his head and with the sarcasm OF 1uli
fledeed traitor, shakes his head and becomes
the author of the very expressive word no.
It's not the men who have good Judgment
and have the interests of the city at heart.
It's the floating green-eyed blisters who are
the parasites of the city, who, octopus IKE,
yank in all they can and say, wichita be
damned In most cases this class of city
dead-beats or nigh toned dead-beats, are OF
t. floating spectators, and are laying BACK
expecting that the others will put
up for everything and they VIII
do as they always have done,
live off the work of others and never ct an
honest dollar. A few, however, OF this OBJ
noxious element are men who have been here
for years and have grown almost baldheaded
in drinking other peoples milk. 10 think
for moment that man could be SO per-
sistently ps rasitic and disgusting to an en-
terprisipg city is repulsive In the extreme
Rut sucb is the case and what can we do to
bring them to their senses or put them out OF
the town? Many of those who have been
here but few months are thorough W1chl-
tans, and bob up among its first whenever
there is a call for united effort 1t don't
take some men long to see what Is to their
interest, ard they are willing to pay out
something and get good deal more BACK
The class am picking on won't pay OUT
anything, no matter what is given IN return
They want the amount paid to be paid by
their neiehbors, and they won't help in the
least to get great enterprises. The man VINO
is guilty of such action, if honest in his con-
victions, is certainly a fool, and II he amt
honest in his action he is rogue and should
be bran ded as such. He should be treated to
a dose of social ostracism, and when the in
dustrious and business men of the city get
time they should beat them out
of town. 1t is to be hoped
that the gentlemen now rushing
around in the interest of the city will not find
very many of that class. They have already
met too many of them. If they were not
determined that Wichita shall win and did
not possess energy rarely seen in men they
would be discouraged by this time. Let there
be united, strong and never ending pull for
Wichita, and shame, oh shame on him who
will not pull at all"